Posts Tagged ‘Kelo’

Kelo Revisited: Eminent Domain for Economic Development in North Carolina

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

A New York Times article on Friday covered Pfizer’s announcement that it will be leaving New London, Connecticut, the city at the center of the landmark eminent domain case, Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005). In Kelo, a 5­‑4 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution permits […]